Record-breaker Richard Kilty has a date with former Olympic champion Linford Christie next week.

The Gateshead sprint sensation warmed up for the meeting with the gold medallist by picking up two golds in the North of England Indoor Championships at Sheffield last weekend which included a record-breaking run in the 200m.

Kilty, 17, and his father Kevin, who helps with advice on nutrition as well as being a good motivator for his son, make the trip to Brunel University where Christie, in his role with UK Athletics, will oversee a session on starting techniques.

"This is an excellent opportunity for me to meet up with possibly the greatest sprinter ever in the UK. He has to have an awful lot of advice to offer and I'll be taking everything on board.

"Though I know I have a long way to go, I would love to think I could go on to achieve everything he has."

English Schools' and UK Games 100m champion Kilty, though relatively inexperienced when it comes to racing indoors, handled the situation at Sheffield as though he had been racing on the boards every day.

On the opening day of the championships he contested the 60m where he coasted through the heats and semi-finals before winning the final in 6.91 seconds, shaving four-hundredths of a second of his previous best time.

He carried that form over to the second day in the 200m despite never having raced over the distance indoors before.

"I wasn't too concerned because I knew I was in good shape but I never thought I would break the record," he added.

"My best 200m time outdoors, which was last year, is 21.96secs so to run 21.70 in what was virtually my first attempt indoors shows how much I've improved over the past six months or so."

Kilty, although based on Teesside, travels to Gateshead three times a week where he trains with a group of athletes under the guidance of another former GB international, Jared Deacon.

And it's the strength of the athletes round him and the input of Deacon that Kilty feels is responsible for the way he is performing.

"It's a super set-up Jared has at Gateshead and we all get along well together," he said.

"I go home happy after every session knowing that it's been beneficial.

"Neil Wiscombe is one of the quickest starters around and training with him has been an inspiration. But really everyone in the group has something to offer.

"The past six months have been extremely hard work but you know it's all been worthwhile when you step on to the track and the performance reflects the work that has got you there."

Kilty, who is taking a BNC Sports Course at Stockton Riverside College, makes a quick return to Sheffield this weekend when he faces a much stiffer challenge in the North of England Senior Championships.

"Naturally, the opposition this Sunday will be much tougher but I'm looking forward to it.

"I've also been invited to the Trials for the European Championships so, hopefully, both competitions against senior opposition will see my times come down."

Kilty, who competed in the under-17 age group last year, has moved up to the under-20s, and although he is at the bottom end of the age group, he is targeting a place in the Europeans in Holland in the summer.

"I just want to make a mark as an under-20 this season but it would be nice if I could make the team for Holland, even as part of the relay squad," he said.

"It's all about progression. And I can't see that progress not continuing, especially with all the help I'm getting at the moment."